Yes there’s a Pizza Hut on a lake.
Oh no, it actually closed. Here’s what it looked like
Worst city in Iowa?
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Oh no, it actually closed. Here’s what it looked like
HAHA! Thanks @Cfinnerty16 for taking me back in time. That’s definitely it and very underwhelming now that I see it as an adult but a Pizza Hut buffet on a lake was the ultimate dream as a kid growing up in the 90’s. Especially if you could go to Blockbuster after and pick up some movies.
Simpler times I guess.
A few of the MUI faithful might but not many close to meditate. Fairfield is a really nice town to drive around, lots of old Victorian Style homes, many have been fixed up, but some are not looking too good anymore. Walk around the square which has most of the buildings being used, lots of places to eat. Drive up highway one, drive through the campus and then continue up highway one see all the businesses and homes out that way.
If I had to choose a town to live in the 2nd tier of counties, Fairfield would be at the top of the list, always liked going there. It's the dividing line between deciding if you go to Iowa City or Des Moines to shop. Fairfield east goes to IC, Ottumwa west go to DM.
Is that really a thing or is this just some kind of intellectual narrative that goes way over my tiny-brained head?
Very true lol, such a cool and unique town. The bridge here is at the towns golf course
Last time I was there there were a ton of homeless people wondering around. Surprised me.
Yeah, but Des Moines doesn't have Council Bluffs connected to it. And it's a lot closer to Ames.
And it’s easy for people when their town isn’t the one getting brought up. I think plenty of people find it less fun when it’s their town being called terrible and they’re being called terrible (since those two things go hand in hand in these threads)
It’s your usual outfit of bikini top and daisy dukes that causes that.
I know that I'm weird but I enjoy Fort Dodge being brought up in these threads. It makes me feel like I survived growing up in the City of God instead of in a supportive upper middle-class household.
Denison used to be absolutely awful, last time I was through there it at least looked like they had cleaned up a lot of the store fronts along the highway.
Fort Dodge gets my vote. Played them in football and might’ve been the most racist team I ever played against based on their trash talk. They also didn’t appreciate me calling them “cousin boning hicks” which makes me think they’re not very tolerant of alternative view points.
Fort Dodge gets my vote. Played them in football and might’ve been the most racist team I ever played against based on their trash talk. They also didn’t appreciate me calling them “cousin boning hicks” which makes me think they’re not very tolerant of alternative view points.
Jcyclone, I must apologize in advance. This story might be a work of fiction. Regardless, it is potentially traumatizing to those of weak stomach.
The following is one version I saw:
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Early 1990’s: When I was a kid, I slept over at a buddy’s house for the first time.
The next morning we woke up and his mom made us cereal, the milk tasted hella sweet, even for my child taste buds. Something about it all seemed off. Just as my buddy finished his bowl of cereal, his mom came over and turned the bowl on its side to pour the leftover milk from the cereal bowl into a milk carton. The mom then did the same with hers. I felt my face turn red with shame and embarrassment and my stomach turn. Horrified and confused I asked “what is that? What are y’all doing?”
He turned to me and deada** said “that’s our cereal milk”
Turned out this sadistic f**k and his ENTIRE family poured all of the leftover milk from each bowl of cereal back into a separate milk carton, specifically for cereal. I drank this entire family’s backwash.
F**king CEREAL MILK. Used. Cereal. Milk. ‘
Early 1990’s: When I was a kid, I slept over at a buddy’s house for the first time.
The next morning we woke up and his mom made us cereal, the milk tasted hella sweet, even for my child taste buds. Something about it all seemed off. Just as my buddy finished his bowl of cereal, his mom came over and turned the bowl on its side to pour the leftover milk from the cereal bowl into a milk carton. The mom then did the same with hers. I felt my face turn red with shame and embarrassment and my stomach turn. Horrified and confused I asked “what is that? What are y’all doing?”
He turned to me and deada** said “that’s our cereal milk”
Turned out this sadistic f**k and his ENTIRE family poured all of the leftover milk from each bowl of cereal back into a separate milk carton, specifically for cereal. I drank this entire family’s backwash.
F**king CEREAL MILK. Used. Cereal. Milk. ‘
I’m a little surprised my hometown hasn’t made an appearance. Or at least if it did I missed it.
That said, some of the common ones here I either have a family connection to or spent considerable time in. They’re among my favorite towns in Iowa.
"The best part of Marshalltown is around their high school and the block or so around the Flying Elbow restaurant." Nope
"The rest of town seems a little rough." Nope
Waterloo definitely has some serious scuzzy areas. Cedar Falls is much better in that area.
Every time I drive south to KC for the Big 12 tournament, I always tell my friends that I was really close to Cumming before I made it to the hotel.
Waterloo has one of the best hole in the wall restaurants in a very suspect area.... The Hickory House. Outstanding ribs.
